Veritas Backup Exec Reviews

When I joined my company, they had already purchased Backup Exec. We use it as a backup solution.

It's a nice alternate solution for backup.

The most valuable features are that it is user-friendly. It also works nicely with Windows and Skype. In addition, there are nice backup features.

First, it would be nice to improve the cloud. 

Second, it would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the
fast restoration required. This solution just doesn't meet my business needs for backup plans.

Lastly, the reporting needs improvement. Backup Exec does not have the strong art of reporting tools, because we sometimes have to get more than six months or an
annual based report.

More than five years.

 We are satisfied with the stability of the product.

There is nothing wrong with the scalability of the product.

We have had a lot of trouble with tech support.

It is very easy to install and implement. In addition, the upgrades are also easy to implement.

In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve and update it. They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs.

Our primary use case is for authentication, we check for authentication issues. The app allows users to only access the network according to the policy that the organization provides.

It gives us a very good view of what's happening on the network. The security feature is very good as well. The network isn't open to everyone. It's open only to those who work on it.

One improvement we've seen is the visualization of issues. If people are having issues on the network, we have to see what's happening right away. On the graphical side, we can see exactly where the issue is, and what port is affected. It's a lot easier for us to correct and to troubleshoot network issues now.

The interface continues to be very convenient and very straightforward. 

We occasionally have false positives, but the solution certainly has a good configuration.

In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them. 

The solution could integrate better with the firewall so that we could block ports that are under attack or compromised. I know that Portnox has this, but I don't think it's something that's really built-in. There are scripts that you have to perform. But if it was more integrated, it would be easier.

I've been using the solution for six or seven years.

The solution is very stable. We haven't had any issues.

The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grow, it's just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy. Right now, we are at about 800 ports. 800 devices are currently connected to the solution. It is a system that we use daily. It's always running in the background. We get reports and alerts, and we deal with them as needed. As the company grows, we plan on increasing usage.

We haven't had to contact technical support for a long time. Generally, when we've needed to in the past, we've received good support.

I tested the solution about six years ago. We checked other solutions too, but we decided that this one was the one that would work best. Since then we've been very happy with it. 

The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes a day or two, and then you have to run the system. To maintain the solution we don't need any resources. It works on its own and we get alerts and work according to those alerts. There's not a dedicated team, just a system team. 

We had an integrator that helped with the installation.

Licensing is based on the number of ports you have. Even if you aren't using all the ports, you will be charged for them. The license is renewed on a yearly basis and we do pay for support on top of that.

We evaluated Forescout at the time. The system was more complicated and more complex. I don't know how it is today, however. It took a lot more time to integrate it into the company. It also had false-positive issues, so we decided against it.

We use the on-premises version of the solution.

For what we need, for how we're using the solution, it does what it's supposed to do.

If I were to give advice about the product to others, I would say that it's a very simple solution and it does pretty much what it's supposed to do. We haven't had any problems with it for the past six or seven years.

I would rate the solution at nine out of ten. It's helped us tremendously over the years in locating all kinds of issues that we had on the network. It also finds any issues very quickly. I would recommend it.

I primarily use this solution as a backup service. I have used it for more then 10 years. It is a good backup tool. 

It can support all of my backup, and all of my applications. It is able to backup everything.

I would like to see them improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data. 

More than five years.

The stability is very good. 

It is very good.

The tech support is very good. 

I was involved, it was not a complicated setup. 

It is important for me for the solution to support all metadata, the entire database. It must support the entire platform. 

Our primary use for this solution is replication.

The most valuable feature is the compressor. The compression options are very good.

This solution has a simple dashboard.

The price of this solution is a bit high.

Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot.

We have been using this solution for two years.

This is a strong, stable product.

Scalability is good but also limited in that I have to buy a full disk shelf in order to upgrade.

This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive.

The initial setup of this solution is complex. On the other hand, the deployment itself was straightforward.

This is a product that I strongly recommend, and I plan on using it for the long term.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

It just gave us the ability to have valid backups most of the time.

The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices.

• Ability to backup to cloud
• Virtualization backups availability
• More stable environment in a WAN infrastructure

There were issues with stability, such as big issues/error messages when trying to restore SQL instances, Exchange datastores, or single files

In terms of scalability, if you get rid of a server that belongs to the CASO, the catalogs won´t work. Restores get even more difficult. If you need to replace the CASO, it is very frustrating.

I would give technical support a rating of 5/10.

We were hoping to get scalability and a stable backup environment.

The initial setup is complex when you are replacing an existing server.

Pricing is similar, but they don´t offer the same options/technology.

We evaluated many other options back at that time.

Check Veeam first.

Excellent backup tool for doing disk to disk to tape. Support is great, even though you get through to Pune or Bangalore, their support skills are great.

Service packs releases mean you need to apply it to the media server and then manually update each agent. Can be time-consuming.

We use this solution for backup and recovery.

The deployment model for this solution is on-premise.

The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface.

The interface could use improvement. 

I have been using this solution for almost nine years.

This product is fantastically stable.

The scalability of this solution is good.

Technical support for this solution is great.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

The deployment will take a maximum of two to three hours.

We performed the implementation ourselves, but we asked for help from the technical team at Veritas.

We are satisfied with the price of this solution.

Everything that I need is available with Veritas.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

It provides our daily backups and restores. It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago. We also enjoy the feature which allow us to set up a backup job on one location, to be backed up to media on another Backup Exec server.

• Backup to Disk: It restore files very quickly.
• vSphere infrastructure backup option: Useful to keeps VMs on disk and it is done fast.

They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing.

There were issues with version 2010, but since our last upgrade, we are comfortable again.

There were no issues with scalability, because we had all the necessary licenses.

I would give technical support a rating of nine out of 10.

We did not use a different solution before this one.

The initial setup was straightforward.

If your company can afford it, go for it.

It is simple to set up. Once the backup jobs are clearly defined, the rest is history.